United Way seeks nominations for volunteer awards

Alonna Gardner, left, and Leonia Barber place a new rug on the floor of the Brainerd Recreation Center's reading room Wednesday as part of their On Point volunteer work for United Way while Elizabeth Tallman, top left, director of graduation initiatives for United Way, watches. Five students from Brainerd High School volunteer each week at the center to help younger students stay on track for graduation. Alonna Gardner, left, and Leonia Barber place a new rug on the floor of the Brainerd Recreation Center's reading room Wednesday as part of their On Point volunteer work for United Way while Elizabeth Tallman, top left, director of graduation initiatives for United Way, watches. Five students from Brainerd High School volunteer each week at the center to help younger students stay on track for graduation.

By Staff Report February 12, 2016 2 min read

United Way’s Volunteer Center is accepting nominations for its annual Volunteer of the Year awards until Feb. 24.

The awards will be presented April 12 at the annual Volunteer United Celebration, presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

United Way’s Volunteer Center, the Corporate Volunteer Council and Directors of Volunteers in Agencies annually host the Volunteer United Celebration. This year’s celebration will be held from 6-8 p.m. April 12 at the Bessie Smith Cultural Hall.

Volunteers will be picked based on five categories:

* Community: volunteers who help with programs that do not fall into one of the categories below, such as disaster programs, homeless shelters, churches, feeding programs, animal rescue, etc.